Sentence examples for is officially secular from inspiring English sources

Many Kashmiris associate more with Pakistan, a Muslim-majority Islamic republic, than with Hindu-majority India which is officially secular.

Imran H Sarker, head of Blogger and Online Activists Network, told VICE News there was a culture of impunity for the murder of bloggers in Bangladesh — where more than 90percentt of the population is Muslim, though the country is officially secular.

The other Muslim country Flynn identifies in his book for partnership is officially secular Jordan.

Although it is officially secular, around 90% of Bangladesh's 160 million-strong population is Muslim and about one in ten are Hindu.

Indonesia is officially secular but has more Muslims than any other country.

Although it is officially secular, Islam is the state religion.

Mali has been officially secular since its independence, a legacy of French colonialism.

Because the community was officially secular, a variety of religions were represented, though not always amicably.

Azerbaijan is officially a secular state, but its Constitution allows the major faiths to practice without restriction.

Turkey is officially a secular country, but about 99percentt of its 76 million residents are Muslims.

Now, Bangladesh is officially a secular country that has finally started rounding up some of the Islamist murderers who claimed responsibility for the attacks.